Railroad-rail



Patented Dec, 28,1897.

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A. J. GORDON.

RAILROAD RAIL.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

ALEXANDER J. GORDON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 596,365, dated December 28, 1897- Application filed June 13 1896.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER J. GORDON, of Philadelphia, (Frankford) in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,

have invented a new and Improved Railroad# Rail, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved rail more especially designed for street surface cars and arranged to permit of conveniently replacing the worn- Out head of the rail without disturbing the base and webbed portions of the rail and the pavement in which the last-mentioned parts are embedded.

The invention consists of such partsl and combinations as will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view- Of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of tion of the same on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of part of the head.

The improved rail is provided'with a base A, from which extends upwardly the integral web B, formed at its upper end with a fork B', adapted to receive the depending flange O', integral with the under side of the head C of the rail. This head O is of any approved construction and is securely fastened in place in the fork B by bolts D, passinglaterally through the members of the fork and the flange O.

As indicated in Fig. 4, the head O extends beyond both sides of the flange C', thev under face of one part of the head extending or resting on top of the corresponding fork member.

The two rails forming the track are connected with each other at suitable intervals by cross rods or stays E, formed at their ends, with bolts E' passing laterally through the members of the fork and through notches C2, formed in the lower ends of the flanges O. The notches are sufficiently elongated to permit a slight shifting of the head C in case of inaccurate location of the said notches relative to the bolts E'.

Fig. 4 is a transverse'sec- Serial No. 595,387. (No model.)

As illustrated in Fig. 2, the ends of the bases and webs of two adjacent rails are fastened together by iish-plates F, and the heads fitted into the said adjacent rails break joints with the same, as plainly indicated in Figs. l and 2.

Now it will be seen that by the arrangement described it is only necessary to remove the bolts D whenever it is desired to remove the worn-out heads O and replace the same Y by new Ones without disturbing the positions Of the bases and webs and the road-bed embedding the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A rail, comprising a base having a web formedrat its upper end with a fork, stayrods for connecting the two rails of the track with each other, the said stay-rods being formed at their ends with bolts passing through the said fork, a head formed with a depending iiange fitted between the members of the fork, the said iiange being formed at its lower end with notches for the bolts of the stay-rods, and bolts for fastening the said flange in place in the said fork, substantially as shown and described.

2. A rail having two sections, one of which is forked to form a channel and the second of which has a portion extending into the channel and provided with notches in its edge, and a stay-rod one end of which is passed through the portions of the fork in the forked section and through the notch in the second section, substantially as described.

A rail having two sections, one of which is forked tO form a channel receiving a portion of the second section, and the second section having a notch in the edge of the portion fitted within the said channel, a bolt passing through and holding the two sections in connection, and a stay-rod one end of which runs through the forked portion of the first section and through the notch of the second section, substantially as described,

ALEXANDER J. GORDON.

Witnesses:

EZEKIEL GORDON, JOHN GORDON. 

